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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ai Yurchon (ranked 3249 p4p, 4321 weight class) and Levan Kapanadze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kapanadze has chosen Gandagana as his entrance music. Ai Yurchon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Levan Kapanadze's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ai Yurchon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Levan Kapanadze!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kapanadze on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yurchon misses with a lunging right hand
and Kapanadze counters with a thumping low kick.
Kapanadze walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kapanadze moves away from the strike by Yurchon.
A big right from Yurchon misses.
Kapanadze tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yurchon is able to avoid easily.
Yurchon throws a shot from downtown. Kapanadze moves away and avoids it.
Kapanadze tries to close the distance and clinch but Yurchon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yurchon lands with a hook. Kapanadze tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yurchon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kapanadze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kapanadze steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Yurchon.
Kapanadze tries to clinch up but Yurchon circles away and keeps his distance.
A little feinted left hand from Yurchon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yurchon scores with a nice right hand.
Kapanadze tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yurchon throws a looping overhand right but Kapanadze ducks down to avoid it.
Kapanadze walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kapanadze shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kapanadze closes the distance and pushes Yurchon back into the cage.
Yurchon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yurchon misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Yurchon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurchon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yurchon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kapanadze backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yurchon.
Yurchon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kapanadze has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Yurchon avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kapanadze is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yurchon is keeping busy.
Yurchon avoiding damage as Kapanadze throws knees to the body.
Yurchon swings wildly with an uppercut but Kapanadze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kapanadze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Yurchon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kapanadze throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kapanadze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yurchon.
Kapanadze takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yurchon misses with a looping right.
Yurchon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kapanadze.
Kapanadze clinches up with Yurchon and pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Kapanadze.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurchon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kapanadze.
Kapanadze stalls.
Kapanadze blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yurchon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yurchon misses with a punch on the inside.
Yurchon lands a shoulder strike.
Yurchon gets through Kapanadze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Yurchon.
Yurchon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Yurchon on the inside.
Kapanadze is rocked!
Kapanadze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kapanadze is still on wobbly legs! Can Yurchon finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kapanadze.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kapanadze.
Kapanadze seems to have recovered his senses.
Yurchon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yurchon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yurchon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yurchon tries to work over Kapanadze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yurchon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kapanadzes head.
Kapanadze wants to stall.
Kapanadze stalling in the clinch but Yurchon improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kapanadze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kapanadze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kapanadze breaks the clinch.
Yurchon lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Kapanadze falls backwards - clearly groggy! Yurchon dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ai Yurchon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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